It's Only a Joke, Comrade!

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It's Only a Joke, Comrade!
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ISBN-10 : 1999343409
ISBN-13 : 9781999343408
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Book Synopsis It's Only a Joke, Comrade! by : Jonathan Waterlow

Book excerpt: It's Only a Joke, Comrade! uncovers how ordinary people joked, coped, and struggled to adapt in Stalin's brave new world. It asks what it means to live under a dictatorship: How do people make sense of their lives? How do they talk about it? And whom can they trust to do so?


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